The following is taken from Cemeteries in
Sumner County, Kansas by Harvey and Ruth Swan (1983).

"The site of a known burial
in Gore Twnsp

Section 9. Some travelers
stopped at Central School for drinks at the well. A cup hung on the pump for
everyone to use. A little girl traveler died shortly thereafter of Diphtheria.
She was buried under a Cottonwood tree that stood across the road from the school and
North of the Southeast corner of Section 9.

In a few days 5 other children of
the neighborhood also died of Diphtheria after having drank from the same cup at the
well."